Articles by Ian Gormely

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Silver Dollar Room, Toronto ON, April 30

PUBLISHED May 1, 2017

The Silver Dollar Room was not a pretty place, but it was always a vibrant one. The latest victim of Toronto's booming downtown real estate...

"Hard to Be Punk in a Skirt": The Personal Revelations of Diet Cig

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2017

DIY indie duo Diet Cig gained a lot of attention and praise for their 2015 debut EP, Overeasy, and a subsequent seven-inch. But when it cam...

Bob Mould

Opera House, Toronto ON, April 22

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2017

With his most recent appearance in Toronto, Bob Mould seemed determined to cut through his own legend. Performing with a single mic, amp an...

Bueller

Silver Dollar, Toronto ON, April 21

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2017

Bueller's name hews '80s, but this Toronto quartet are otherwise a '90s animal. Mixing '60s surf and garage with '90s lo-if and songs about...

Japanese Breakfast

Silver Dollar, Toronto ON, April 21

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2017

It took a while for the world to notice, but Michelle Zauner's work as Japanese Breakfast has picked up a lot of steam since her latest, Ps...

Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs

The Garrison, Toronto ON, April 21

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2017

Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs are a bunch of dudes hung up on punk and rock'n'roll. Boasting matching denim vests with custom band logos as...

Monomyth

Baby G, Toronto ON, April 19

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2017

There's an ineffable quality to Monomyth's studio recordings that can make it difficult to figure out exactly what's going on. Live, howeve...

NOBRO

Baby G, Toronto ON, April 19

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2017

Montreal power trio NOBRO do not mess around. Within seconds of starting their high-energy CMW set at the Baby G, it was immediately obviou...